English ______

6th grade

Mr. Kowalick ______

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Plot Analysis: Answer each question by writingcomplete and correct sentences.

Be prepared to share your responses and support your opinions by citing textual evidence.

(CCSS Listening & Speaking 6.1 - 6.4; 6.6 / CCSS Language 6.2 – 6.5)

Chapters 10 & 11

  1. In Chapter 10, “Rats or Worse,” Freak and Max retrieve something from the sewer that symbolizes a turning point in the story. What item, crucial to the plot, did they find?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.2, 6.5; Writing 6.1)

  1. The title of Chapter 11 is a play onwords, also known as a pun. What is the title of the chapter? (enclose the chapter titles in quotation marks.)

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.4, 6.5; Language 6.5)

  1. What is the actual phrase the title is a play on? ______

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  1. What directive did Gram give to Max about the New Tenements?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.3)

  1. Define “tenement”: (You may use a dictionary to help you, but you must use the meaning that matches the context of the story.) ______

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(CCSS Reading 6.4; Language 6.4a)

  1. Why did Max break the promise he made to Gram about the New Tenements? Be specific. ______

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(CCSS Reading 6.4; Language 6.4a)

  1. Describe Iggy. Use as many details as you can from your reading and your imagination.

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.4, 6.5)

  1. Copy the idiom from page 66. Remember to enclose the citation in quotation marks. ______

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(CCSS Reading 6.1; Language 6.5)

  1. What is the literal meaning of the aforementioned idiom (question #8)? ______

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  1. Who is Kenny “Killer” Kane? ______

(CCSS Reading 6.1)

  1. How does Loretta describe Gwen?______

(CCSS Reading 6.1)

  1. What really happened to Freak’s father? No, he wasn’t really a magician. Freak was speaking figuratively and sarcastically.

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Chapter 12

  1. On page 73 Freak makes the following comment about his father leaving before he was born: “Good riddance to bad rubbish.”Look up “riddance” and also “rubbish.”

What does Freak mean literally by using this idiom?

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(CCSS Reading 6.1; Language 6.5)

  1. On page 73 Freak makes the following comment about Iggy:“Sir Iggy, wouldst thou do us all a big favor and fall upon thy sword?”What does this sentence mean literally? ______

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  1. Refer back to the citation/quote from question #14. Why is Freak using these words and talking in this special way?______

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  1. Max is embarrassed about being so big for his age. What does Gram say to Max that shows she does not approve of him being embarrassed? (Use quotation marks.)

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(CCSS Reading 6.1)

  1. Explain how Max gets to be in all of the same “smart” classes as Freak? Give details!

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  1. Even though Freak is small, he has a big personality. Explain something that happened in Chapter 12 that supports this assertion. ______

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Chapter 13

  1. Based on what Max says in the first two pages of Chapter 13, can you infer that when almost any student is taught “how” to learn and that student cares about what they are learning, they can be successful? ______

(CCSS Writing 6.1)

  1. Find and copy a citation from page 81 that supports your above assertion. Be sure to copy the sentence(s) exactly and enclose the whole lot in quotation marks. (After the citation also include your explanation of what is happening at that particular point in the story as well as how the citation proves the above citation.)

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  1. Chapter 13’s title, “American Chop Suey”, has two meanings related to the plot.

(a) What is American Chop Suey (literal meaning) in relation to Freak? (You can

look up the dish on the internet or ask an adult.) ______

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(CCSS Reading 6.4; Language 6.4a, 6.5)

(b)What is American Chop Suey (as a metaphor) in relation to Max? (Please use details from what happened in the chapter.)

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  1. Explain how Max is“selfless” in Chapter 13. ______

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(CCSS Reading 6.1, 6.4, 6.5; Language 6.5)

  1. Instead of swearing on the Bible, Max has chosen a different book as sacred that he would swear on (or make a solemn oath upon). What book does Max now view as sacred? (If you don’t know what sacred means, look it up.) ______

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  1. What happened to Freak on Friday the Thirteenth at the end of Chapter 13? Use plot details in your own words and be specific.______

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EXTRA CREDIT – 10 Points

1.Read the following citation from page 86.

“You’d never believe a person so small could eat so much, and when he holds up his plate, he always says, “Please, sir, more gruel,” and I always say, “It’s American chop suey, not gruel, I looked up gruel, remember?” and he always goes, “I beg of you, sir, more gruel!” and so finally I go up to get him another helping.”

The dialogue that Freak is repeating is an allusion to a famous novel that has also been made into several movies of the same title. To what famous work of literature is Freak alluding? (You may get an adult to help you OR type the dialogue that Freak says into a search engine to possibly get assistance.)